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Responsibilities
The following are responsibilities and services of the local Disaster and Emergency Services (DES) coordinator (normally contacted through dispatch).

Local Coordinators;

Prepare local emergency/disaster declaration for local chief executive

Can obtain any type of local resource

Can obtain state and federal assistance

Keep local elected officials informed

Keep state and federal government informed

Act as liaison between IC and other agencies

Facilitate mutual aid

Establish and manage Emergency Operations Center

And more (arrange for sheltering of evacuees, work on recovery issues, etc.)

Process to obtain help:

Contact local DES coordinator

If unable to contact local coordinator, call state DES at (406) 324-4777 (24 hours a day) and ask for the DES duty officer

Montana DES division initial response assistance is at request of the local incident commander or DES coordinator in accordance with Local Emergency Operations Plan. This is at no cost to the local jurisdiction.

DES advisor (agency representative) has knowledgeable about:

Local emergency / disaster declaration process

Two-mill emergency levy

State emergency/disaster declaration process

Presidential declaration process

Effects / expectations of declarations

Perform ICS agency representative duties

Incident Command System (ICS) advisor:

Experience at complex incidents

Duties include:

Advise / coach on command structure and organizations

Advise / coach on logistical needs

Advise / coach on planning and documentation needs

Advise / coach on financial documentation

Technical expert

An experienced operational expert for the type of incident the community is responding to

Process to obtain help: Contact your local DES coordinator (normally through local dispatch). If you are unable to contact the coordinator, call the state DES at (406) 324-4777 (24 hours a day) and ask for the DES duty officer